It's That Time Again!Vote Now For The May 2011 JK of the Month Contest!

WVUJeeper

Story: While I was in College they came out with the JK Unlimited....I was hooked. After I graduated it took about 3 weeks for me to get a job, move from West Virginia to Wyoming, receive my first paycheck, then drive 8 hrs to Salt Lake City to pick up my base model Rescue Green JK Unlimited. I had hardly gotten out of the lot on the test drive when I told the Salesman that I was going to buy it. At 12,000 miles I could not stand the dinky 29" tires and crappy wheels any more, so I installed my RC Budget Boost and 35" KM2's.

That was 3 years ago. Now I live in Colorado and wheel the heck out of it whenever I get a chance.

A Jeep victim I've become. I had no real clue just what I was getting into when I picked up the jeep in March 2010. A few evenings on youtube and forum build threads after I test drove a few Wranglers. The damage was done, I was hooked after seeing all the fun folks were having.

Headed off to Sedona, AZ the first weekend after I got the jeep and got my first taste of wheeling and rock crawling. I started stalking the main meetup spots for local Tucson, AZ trails and meeting the local wheeling clubs. Tagging along and breaking stuff ( 2 stock steering stabilizers, massive dent in oil pan, bent stock tie rod, seized rubicon e-swaybar, and probably more I'm conveniently forgetting) while learning what I was doing.

After several months of research and wheeling stock, I had put together a basic plan for my lift and build direction. Kicked off the build in July 2010, but it's a never-ending process. From here next up is Currie Anti-rocks, dual-batteries and lighting.

Story:
After almost 4 years it is still the "little Jeep that could". It is still only has a Budget Boost and after 57k miles on it's 33's they are more like 31's, the oil pan is dented, the skids, cross-member and any thing else that hangs low are dented and twisted and have taken numerous hits from the rocks it likes to play on, but it still heads to the off-road park fairly often and regulary wheels with rigs that have more lift and larger tires. Then it returns home and performs it duty as a daily drive without much complaint. It will get a new set of 33's sometime this summer and by the time they wear out hopefully I will be able to retire it from daily driver status and give it a makeover to more of a dedicated trail rig.

I have voted for Jeepin Dad every time he has entered and will continue to do so until he gets a win!
From what I can tell he takes his rather simple jeep and wheels it like it should be.
The underdog gets my vote.

Jim

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I have voted for Jeepin Dad every time he has entered and will continue to do so until he gets a win!
From what I can tell he takes his rather simple jeep and wheels it like it should be.
The underdog gets my vote.

Sorry Alex
The last email I see from you was on April 10 and it went into last months contest.
I'll put you first on the list for next month!
Send me an email or PM if you have some new pics or info.
If I don't hear back I'll put you in with the currant info.

Jim

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Although all the Jeeps do look good, I had to vote for the one I truly liked the best. That is Bubblegoose1's. I do like the simplicity of some of the others and the fact they are DD's, but if I had spent that much money on my Jeep (give me another year and I will be getting closer), then I sure as heck to hope I would win this contest. Since you get nothing for winning, I would at least like to know I got something out of it....well..other than all the enjoyment.

Sorry Alex
The last email I see from you was on April 10 and it went into last months contest.
I'll put you first on the list for next month!
Send me an email or PM if you have some new pics or info.
If I don't hear back I'll put you in with the currant info.

well heck! looks like you're not the only one that hasn't been receiving my emails... My email decided to put every sent message as a draft and not actually send it